Abbot Beyne School
Voluntary controlled school · sixth form · 834 pupils
87% stayed in education · Attainment 8 39.4
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Chesterton Community Sports College
- Pupils on roll
- 915of 870 places
- Free school meals
- 37.2%
- Year 11 cohort 2025
- 162
- Ofsted
- Good, 21 September 2022Read the Ofsted report
Results below include those reported under the school’s previous registration: Chesterton Community Sports College (URN 124411, until 1 December 2013).
What the data says
Chesterton Community Sports College has no sixth form. Of the 193 pupils who finished Year 11 there in 2023, 2% moved to a sixth form college, 75% to a further education college and 6% started an apprenticeship.
Photography is unusually popular at GCSE: 28% of the year group took it, against 6% of pupils across England.
GCSE results in 2025 were below the national picture: Attainment 8 of 41.2 against 46.1 across England and 43.9 in Staffordshire, with 23% of pupils getting grade 5 or above in both English and maths (England 45%).
Nearly everyone studies a modern language to GCSE (Spanish, French entries add up to 99% of the cohort), which is rare outside selective and independent schools.
Where pupils went after Year 11
Destinations of the 2023 Year 11 leavers, measured the following year: the share in a sustained place for at least two terms. Compared with all state-funded schools in Staffordshire and England.
School sixth formSixth form collegeFurther education collegeOther educationApprenticeshipEmploymentNo sustained destination
| Measure | This school | Staffordshire | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils in the cohort | 193 | 9,264 | 607,348 |
| Any sustained destination | 88% | 92% | 92% |
| Stayed in education | 78% | 84% | 86% |
| — school sixth form | 1% | 33% | 34% |
| — sixth form college | 2% | 3% | 13% |
| — further education college | 75% | 46% | 37% |
| — other education | 0% | 2% | 2% |
| Apprenticeship | 6% | 5% | 3% |
| Employment | 5% | 3% | 3% |
| No sustained destination | 8% | 6% | 6% |
| Destination unknown | 4% | 2% | 3% |
GCSE results 2025
| Measure | This school | Staffordshire | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Attainment 8 (average points per pupil) | 41.2 | 43.9 | 46.1 |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 23% | 40% | 45% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 53% | 62% | 65% |
| Entered the English Baccalaureate subjects | 61% | 33% | 41% |
| EBacc average point score | 3.71 | 3.78 | 4.09 |
| Disadvantaged pupils in the cohort | 32% | 23% | 28% |
| Attainment 8 — disadvantaged pupils | 32.7 | 32.9 | 34.9 |
| Attainment 8 — other pupils | 45.3 | 47.1 | 50.4 |
| Pupils with high prior attainment (Key Stage 2) | — | — | — |
| English as an additional language | 2% | 8% | 19% |
Progress 8 is not available for 2025 and 2026: these cohorts had no Key Stage 2 tests in 2020 and 2021, so there is no baseline. Attainment 8 shows results without taking pupils’ starting points into account.
Subjects taken at GCSE
Entries in 2025 as a share of the Year 11 cohort, and the share of entries graded 7–9 and 4–9, compared with all entries in England.
| Subject | Entries | Share of cohort | England | Grades 7–9 | England | Grades 4–9 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language | 160 | 99% | 89% | 13% | 20% | 61% |
| Mathematics | 160 | 99% | 88% | 5% | 22% | 56% |
| English Literature | 159 | 98% | 86% | 10% | 21% | 70% |
| Spanish | 150 | 93% | 19% | 10% | 27% | 49% |
| Combined Science | 146 | 90% | 65% | 1% | 9% | 62% |
| History | 73 | 45% | 41% | 19% | 26% | 49% |
| Geography | 49 | 30% | 41% | 10% | 25% | 43% |
| Photography | 46 | 28% | 6% | 9% | 19% | 50% |
| Computer Science | 43 | 27% | 13% | 7% | 30% | 47% |
| Design and Technology | 39 | 24% | 11% | 0% | 23% | 15% |
| Citizenship Studies | 35 | 22% | 3% | 11% | 19% | 63% |
| Physical Education | 26 | 16% | 11% | 4% | 24% | 54% |
| Music | 19 | 12% | 5% | 5% | 33% | 68% |
| Chemistry | 13 | 8% | 23% | 31% | 47% | 100% |
| Physics | 13 | 8% | 23% | 31% | 46% | 100% |
| Biology | 13 | 8% | 23% | 46% | 45% | 100% |
| Drama | 13 | 8% | 7% | 15% | 27% | 85% |
| French | 11 | 7% | 18% | 9% | 29% | 64% |
| Italian | 10 | 6% | 0% | 30% | 53% | 100% |
| Fine Art | 9 | 6% | 9% | 22% | 28% | 89% |
| Religious Studies | 7 | 4% | 31% | 29% | 32% | 71% |
| Textiles | 5 | 3% | 2% | — | 27% | — |
| Polish | 3 | 2% | 1% | — | 84% | — |
| Business Studies | 2 | 1% | 18% | — | 20% | — |
Technical awards and other Key Stage 4 qualifications
| Subject | Entries | Share of cohort | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Small Business Management | 75 | — | — |
| Hospitality / Catering Studies | 44 | — | — |
| Childcare Skills | 31 | — | — |
| Computer Appreciation / Introduction | 28 | — | — |
| Health Studies | 27 | — | — |
Other secondary schools in Staffordshire
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Biddulph High School
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84% stayed in education · Attainment 8 43.3
Blessed Robert Sutton Catholic Voluntary Academy
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Blessed William Howard Catholic School
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Blythe Bridge High School
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Sources: Department for Education school and college performance tables 2024/2025 (Key Stage 4 and 16–18 results, subject entries, destination measures for 2023 leavers); Get Information About Schools register as at 19 September 2026; Ofsted management information as at 31 August 2026. Small numbers are suppressed by DfE and shown as “—”. How to read these figures.